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 | Federer beat Mathieu, he will play against Del Potro in the final29-10-2012 |
The five times champion Roger Federer (Switzerland) wins the final of tennis tournament in his hometown Basel for the seventh consecutive year.
Seeded first Federer wins the participating with "wild card" Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) with 7:5 6:4 for 86 minutes.
Defending champion Swiss scored 10 aces and did not give any opportunity to break of his opponent, who on Friday beat Grigor Dimitrov at 1/4-final.
In dispute over the trophy Federer will face the second in the scheme Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina). Del Potro deal without difficulty with the third placed Richard Gasquet (France), with 6:2, 6:2 for 67 minutes.
Gasquet had problems with his submission. He scored only 49 percent of his first serve and the Argentinean benefit, achieving a total of five breaks in the meeting.
Del Potro record eighth straight victory. In the final he will seek fourth title of the season, despite having only two wins in 15 matches against Federer.
They meet for the seventh time this season, Federer did not allow defeat.